Flu Vaccination

Simply complete the OHC Comes to You form with your department name and contact information and Occupational Health Clinic will work to schedule a flu vaccine clinic to come to you. Read More

You can stop into OHC any weekday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., no appointment required. Check out the Occupational Health Clinic website for more information on the flu and getting your vaccine. Read More

Celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Flulapalooza mass influenza vaccination event on Sept. 27. This year, a high-dose vaccine will be available to faculty and staff who are eligible to receive it. The CDC recommends the high-dose flu vaccine for faculty and staff who are 65 and older, as it has been shown to be more effective in this age range than the standard flu vaccine.   Read More

Keeping safety in mind, this year’s Flulapalooza event, previously scheduled for Sept. 22 in the outdoor tent between Light Hall and the Veterans Administration Hospital, has been postponed. While plans have changed, we are excited to announce our second annual FLUla-2-Uza event, a convenient and easy way to receive your flu vaccination. Read More

Discover what strains are prominent, how effective this year’s vaccine is, and how hard the virus has hit Tennessee so far. Read More

As of Dec. 1, employee compliance with the influenza vaccination policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has reached 99.9 percent, up from 80 percent on Dec.1, 2014 Read More

The Occupational Health Clinic makes getting flu shots even more convenient for you. Drop by any of these sessions to get your shot Nov. 18–20. Read More

The Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic continues to offer flu shots to staff at a variety of locations. Check out the latest schedule. Read More

Flu shots are being offered for employees at numerous locations by the Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic. Read More

Boo to the Flu on Oct. 28 provides another opportunity for Vanderbilt employees and students to get a free flu vaccination. Read More

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center (VUMC) faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination event that four years ago more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered how human antibodies induced during testing of an experimental “bird flu” vaccine kill the virus. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have found a new way to “dissect” the human immune response following influenza vaccination. Read More

A study appearing in the January edition of Pediatrics, led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, looks at how Nashville children ages 6 months through 5 years fared over 11 consecutive flu seasons concluding in 2010-11. Read More

In an effort to protect both employees and patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center from potential harm, the Medical Center is revising its influenza vaccination plan and mandating the influenza vaccine for all VUMC employees. Read More

Think you don’t have time to get vaccinated against influenza? Consider this: Do you have a week to be bedridden with the flu? Read More

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination event that three years ago more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period. Read More

It’s not too late to get a free flu vaccine, which is the most effective way to protect yourself and your family against the flu. Read More

Light Hall, The Vanderbilt Clinic, and several other locations are providing flu shots this week. Read More

Vanderbilt University medical researchers are once again part of the nationwide fight to prevent a possible flu pandemic.  There’s a new deadly flu strain called H7N9, that started in eastern China.  Vanderbilt is one of 9 sites preparing to test a new vaccine to protect people against this new strain. Read More